The Sun Cryptic Crossword 25 August 2026 answers

This puzzle has 26 clues. Select any clue to see its solution and every other puzzle it has appeared in.

26 clues13×13 gridShortest here · RUELongest here · BARTENDER

The completed grid

26 entries, 14 across and 12 down. Reveal to fill in every solution.

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All 26 clues

Irritated by pub's supporting structure (8)8 letters Jeer large returns by enterprise, at first (4)4 letters Griped about network operator's stock (8)8 letters Maybe chicken bone rejected by daughter (4)4 letters Wager about Australia's opening batter (4)4 letters Former airmen upset appraiser (8)8 letters Puts back passport, perhaps, being silly (6)6 letters Terrible insole results in injury (6)6 letters Brother, German, collects suprisingly full hopper (8)8 letters Told of power of tiny arachnid (4)4 letters A mother and father of Cain (4)4 letters Friend Den returned fabric (8)8 letters Dangerous predator picked up decrepit person (4)4 letters Standard American location for hanger-on (8)8 letters Again vote in dance event celebrating Thanksgiving, primarily (7)7 letters Son isn't someone of outstanding virtue (5)5 letters Animated child close, alongside regularly merry individual serving drinks (9)9 letters Regret Parisian's way (3)3 letters After reflecting, pester to throw out small gadget (7)7 letters Unfurnished houses good for pontoon, perhaps (5)5 letters Wild gorilla nearly ate 22's relative (9)9 letters Controversial European male in charge (7)7 letters Reject absent actors in play (7)7 letters Milk container to vibrate, not quietly (5)5 letters Customs, to a greater extent, useless in the end (5)5 letters Some hermaphrodites plot (3)3 letters

The shortest answer in the 25 August 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is RUE and the longest is BARTENDER. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.